Canadian Diabetes
Published quarterly, Canadian Diabetes provides practical, current information to family physicians on diagnosis and treatment issues associated with diabetes.
Glucose Control With Intravenous Insulin in Hospitalized Cardiac and Surgical Patients
Cardiac or other major surgery and acute myocardial infarction (MI) are all potentially life-threatening events that require intensive care. Since the publication of the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) (1) in 1993 and the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) in 1998, clinicians have become convinced of the benefits of intensively-controlled glycemia in the prevention of diabetes complications and mortality.
Ellen L.Toth MD FRCPC, Robin Conway MD
Équilibre de la glycémie au moyen d’insuline administrée par voie intraveineuse en milieu hospitalier
La chirurgie cardiaque, les autres chirurgies lourdes et l’infarctus aigu du myocarde (IM aigu) sont tous des événements qui menacent le pronostic vital et qui exigent des soins intensifs.
Ellen L.Toth MD FRCPC, Robin Conway MD
Perioperative and Peri-acute Coronary Syndrome Glycemic Control: Highlights From the 2003 CPGs
The Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) 2003 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Diabetes in Canada differ from the 1998 guidelines in a variety of ways, reflecting the wealth of new evidence that has emerged since that time.
AliceY.Y. Cheng MD FRCPC, Sarah E. Capes MD MSc FRCPC, Gillian L. Booth MD MSc FRCPC
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